Population genomics for wildlife conservation and management

PA Hohenlohe, WC Funk, OP Rajora - Molecular Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity is under threat worldwide. Over the past decade, the field of population
genomics has developed across nonmodel organisms, and the results of this research have …

Epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) family: Phylogeny, structure–function, tissue distribution, and associated inherited diseases

I Hanukoglu, A Hanukoglu - Gene, 2016 - Elsevier
The epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) is composed of three homologous subunits and
allows the flow of Na+ ions across high resistance epithelia, maintaining body salt and water …

Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation

G Zhang, C Li, Q Li, B Li, DM Larkin, C Lee, JF Storz… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Birds are the most species-rich class of tetrapod vertebrates and have wide relevance
across many research fields. We explored bird macroevolution using full genomes from 48 …

Single-molecule sequencing and chromatin conformation capture enable de novo reference assembly of the domestic goat genome

DM Bickhart, BD Rosen, S Koren, BL Sayre… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The decrease in sequencing cost and increased sophistication of assembly algorithms for
short-read platforms has resulted in a sharp increase in the number of species with genome …

Alternative animal models of aging research

S Holtze, E Gorshkova, S Braude… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Most research on mechanisms of aging is being conducted in a very limited number of
classical model species, ie, laboratory mouse (Mus musculus), rat (Rattus norvegicus …

[BUCH][B] Sturkie's avian physiology

CG Scanes, S Dridi - 2021 - books.google.com
Sturkie's Avian Physiology, Seventh Edition is the classic comprehensive single volume on
the physiology of domestic as well as wild birds. This latest edition is thoroughly revised and …

What have we learned from the first 500 avian genomes?

GA Bravo, CJ Schmitt… - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The increased capacity of DNA sequencing has significantly advanced our understanding of
the phylogeny of birds and the proximate and ultimate mechanisms molding their genomic …

Immune genes are hotspots of shared positive selection across birds and mammals

AJ Shultz, TB Sackton - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Consistent patterns of positive selection in functionally similar genes can suggest a common
selective pressure across a group of species. We use alignments of orthologous protein …

Sequence capture versus restriction site associated DNA sequencing for shallow systematics

MG Harvey, BT Smith, TC Glenn, BC Faircloth… - Systematic …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Sequence capture and restriction site associated DNA sequencing (RAD-Seq) are two
genomic enrichment strategies for applying next-generation sequencing technologies to …

Transposons, genome size, and evolutionary insights in animals

A Canapa, M Barucca, MA Biscotti, M Forconi… - … and genome research, 2015 - karger.com
The relationship between genome size and the percentage of transposons in 161 animal
species evidenced that variations in genome size are linked to the amplification or the …